Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-08

making followed by Judge Rea, Col. Hicks,
Maj. Henderson, Judge Fish and DR..
Murphy, Maj. Drake and Col. j. a. David
son OF st. Paul. It was very happy and
altogether eloquent occasion.
a few days since, in the township of
Maplewood, Mimi, Louis Rasmussen met
with horrible accident while at work
With threshiDg crew. In stepping from
stack he encountered a pointed stake, which
ran through his body on one side, entering
IN front below the waist, passing upward
and protruding from the back Of the
shoulder DR. Rose, of Pelican Rapids, has
vital parts having escaped injury, the
patient, strange to say, is likely to recover.
At Green Bay, Wis, the wife of
Wenzel Schwartz gave herself up to the
police, saying she had killed her husband.
She had struck Schwartz blow on top of
me n eas,, WITH an ak making bad wound
abused his wife for some time, and it is
claimed that her mind has become un-
balanced. His wife claims that he tried to
poison her An application has been made
for her commitment to an asylum.
-Four miles from Worthington, MINI.
one freight train ran into the rear of a for
ward one, destroying the caboose and sew
eral cars OF the forward train, setting them
on ire and burning them up. The wood
work of the engine was also burned. One
car of lumber besides the caboose was en-.
tirely burned. The accident was caused by
the engineer of the rear train not being able
to see through the smoke caused by the
burning grass on the prairie.
1t is reported from Fort Assinaboine.
Mont, that Privates William Cosgrove and
James Burke, of Company B., Twentieth
infantry, who have been in camp at Sweet
Grass Hills since last Spring, became
involved in a quarrel, which resulted in
: being hit on the head with a stone in
wounded. His skull was fractured and
brain lacerated. 1t is said that Burke can
not recover.
Simmon Fersonnius, an old and
respected citizen of Tenhassen township.
Martin county, Mimi, came to Fairmont
Thursday to attend TIE county fair,
exhibition Sa He went to the secretary's
Office to purchase tags for his exhibits, and
While waiting for the secretary to write
out his tags he suddenly threw up his hands
and without uttering word fell dead
At Mandan, OAK, an unsuccessful
attempt was made to kill Supt. Greene. of
the Missouri division, Northern Pacific
railway. A man named Kelly had been
working for the road as brakeman and
claimed ~ cents more than had been paid
He pulled Winchester, fired and lust
missed Greene's head. The bullet went
through window casing. Kelly was
arrested.
During heavy thunder storm that
passed over Franconia village, Mimi, Mag
nus oleson, who was standing in the door
way OF his residence, was struck and in
stantly killed by lightning. Oleson was a
Swede about thirty five years old, and has
resided at Franconia for the past fifteen
years. He leaves young wife, having
been married but eighteen months
At Chippewa Falls, Wis, Betsey
Johnson, domestic in the employ of B. F.
Willard. was asphyxiated her dead BODY
being found in the morning The gas let
was found partially closed. The deceased
was aged about twenty-six and was from
Hlxton, jackson county, Wis. The coroner's
jury returned a verdict of death caused by
sutfocatlon by gas.
The 3-masted schooner City of Green
Bay went ashore near South Haven. Mich.
the sea coming over her in such violence as
soon to break her up, and she fell apart
with seven souls aboard, only one of whom,
seamen named A. T. Slater of st. Joseph'
Was saved. Capt. CASTILLO, her command.
er, and the other five Of his crew of SIX men
were drowned.
s. S. Cook. brother of ex-Congress-
man Cook, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, was
struck by the pilot of the Rock Island about
four miles from Newton and instantly
killed Deceased was a lawyer by pro-
fesslOn about IS years old and was active
in securing the Newton extension of the
Central Iowa railway. He leaves family.
Mason City, Iowa, has had a satur-
nalie of incendiary fres the same break
ing. out in different places at the same time
times day. The large stock barn of Vol
ney Giddings was burned with large
amount of hay and grain. One alleged
lncendlary has been arrested.
At Des Moines, Iowa, Judge Given
granted change Of venue to Boone county
in the cases of J. Reed HurIbut and Joseph
Row, indicted on charges of killing Con-
stable Logan last winter while attempting
H..
plea was that justice could not be obtained
In Polk county. -
A strange freak of nature is reported
in East Dubuque, Iowa. A child was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Bohn without ewes. The
place where the eyes should be is covered
by smooth skin and a surgical operation
revealed no indications whatever of an op-
tlcal formation The child is otherwise
perfect.
John Kelly, who attempted to rape
the seven-year-old daughter of A. F.
Wright, at Cumberland, Wis, June IS, 1887,
has been sentenced to the state prison at
Waupun for term OF eight years, the last
Gay "a OF each year to be passed in solitude.
The full penalty fixed by law is ten years.
A preliminary examination was held
at ST. Paul in the case against Hal Reid for
his assault on Miss Maud Comson and he
was promptly held to the grand Jury in
5000 bail. Miss Comson gave her testi-
mony IN clear, touching manner, and
bevOnd crOss-examination the defense did
nothing.
At Hastings. MIMI, a son of William
sondermann, aged IL years, drove to the
freight depot with a load of brick. when
the axle broke, letting the box to the
ground. He was hurled under the wheel,
getting both bones of his left leg broken Just
below the knee His recovery is doubtful
At Minneapolis, Lou Murray, the
brute who assaulted Miss Mary Sylvester,
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